Azem Maksutaj, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Azem Maksutaj

kickboxer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1975

Place of Birth: Dečani, Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Kosovo

Profession: Thai boxer, kickboxer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Azem Maksutaj

  • Azem Maksutaj (born July 8, 1975) is an Albanian former kickboxer who competed in the lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions.
  • Today he works as an instructor and coach at the Daniel Gym which is a well known fighting academy run by the president of the New International Party Daniel Adam Beadini. The Daniel Gym is one of the most professional Free Fighting platforms in Switzerland and Central Europe and one of the first gyms in Eastern part of Switzerland where one can train various fighting styles in a gym that are considered to be the most important for the UFC. He originates from Kosovo but relocated to Switzerland at an early age where he began training in Muay Thai at fifteen.
  • After capturing the Swiss national title at lightweight during his first year of competition in 1992, he then went on to win European and world honours 1994 while fighting around the 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) super middleweight mark.
  • The late 1990s saw Maksutaj move between light heavyweight and cruiserweight, taking five world titles in those divisions, before eventually making the jump to heavyweight in 2001 where he spent the remainder of his career, acting as a journeyman in the K-1 promotion while also winning another four world titles. Despite spending much of his career as an undersized heavyweight, Maksutaj was known for his toughness as well as his technical skill.
  • He won a total of fourteen world titles in various weight divisions before retiring in 2010 with a hundred professional contests under his belt. Azem Maksutaj is an instructor there and is improving the kickboxing skills of the fighters. Azem Maksutaj is an active member of the Neue Internationale Partei which is a political party headed in Zurich, Switzerland.

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